Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dokkā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ.

Noun

*dokkā f

something round, ball; mass, lump
muscle; strength
bundle; stook, wisp; skein
doll

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dokkā
Genitive	*dokkōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dokkā	*dokkōn
Accusative	*dokkōn	*dokkōn
Genitive	*dokkōn	*dokkōnō
Dative	*dokkōn	*dokkōm
Instrumental	*dokkōn	*dokkōm

Descendants

Old English: *docce
- Middle English: *dokke, dok (merger with Old Norse *dokkr)
  - English: dock
  - Scots: dok
- ⇒? Old English: docga (“stocky breed of dog”) (see there for descendants)
- ⇒ Old English: fingerdocce
Old Frisian: *dokke
- Saterland Frisian: Dokke
- West Frisian: dok
Old Saxon: dokka
- Middle Low German: docke
  - German Low German: Docke, Dock
Old Dutch: *dokka
- Middle Dutch: docke
  - Dutch: dok
Old High German: tokka, tocka
- Middle High German: tocke
  - German: Docke

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1 above, or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“dark”).

Noun

*dokkā f

(botany)dock (plant)
Synonym: *amprō

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dokkā
Genitive	*dokkōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dokkā	*dokkōn
Accusative	*dokkōn	*dokkōn
Genitive	*dokkōn	*dokkōnō
Dative	*dokkōn	*dokkōm
Instrumental	*dokkōn	*dokkōm

Descendants

Old English: docce
- Middle English: dokke, docke, dok, doke, dokk
  - English: dock
Old Saxon: dokka
- Middle Low German: docke
  - → Old Danish: dokke
Old Dutch: *docka
- Middle Dutch: docke
  - Dutch: dokke
Old High German: tocka
- Middle High German: tocke
  - German: Docke